Two different outcomes that raise some key questions: How soon are police obligated to release the recordings and why might they keep a lid on it? The police chief has refused to publicly release the videos but showed it to Scott’s family. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney has said he will not publicly release the video out of concern it would taint an ongoing investigation. The video instead showed the officer shooting an unarmed Walter Scott in the back. “It’s become a fetish — the video, the video, the video,” Klinger said.

Source: thestar September 23, 2016 21:45 UTC